Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
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My statement on today's markup of the Kids Online Safety Act: The legislative process is broken.
This describes it well.
Truth #censorship #encryption #cypherpunk #privacy #kosa #EarnItAct
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Yeah, Ylva's opinion survey is unethical. If you want honest opinions, trying to twist someone's arm / influence them to answer a particular way seems antithetical to that.
Also, some of the claims she made to these people were also misleading / false.
https://reason.com/2023/07/26/he-spent-10-years-behind-bars-without-being-convicted-hell-have-to-wait-longer-to-have-the-case-resolved/ Isn't it unconstitutional to lock someone up for a decade without a trial?
https://www.engadget.com/2019-05-31-sex-lies-and-surveillance-fosta-privacy.html Oh. I forgot about this article. How nostalgic.
Running that same survey again with a slight modification (to add a few items reliant on existing items) doesn't fix the underlying flaws in it...
Of course, he is trying to invoke a weak flavor of "won't anyone please think of the children?" to try to push his unconstitutional ideas.
https://element.io/blog/end-to-end-encryption-the-will-of-the-british-people/ Apparently, there is a survey which shows how valuable Brits think end-to-end encryption is to their lives.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/uk-government-very-close-eroding-encryption-worldwide I would set fire to this entire bill. It's a mess.
Someone had the idea of uploading every image to Microsoft's servers for them to check for evil bits. Isn't that a bit... intrusive...?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14b-C67EXY Since we're talking about Microsoft, here's a hilarious video starring Steve Ballmer.
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These internet bills have to stop.
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
An interesting take on KOSA.
1/ Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee will mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), after it failed last year. Revisions were made, but they...
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11/ There is literally nothing that the "do something" crowd won't...well...*do*.
Violating the First Amendment, actively harming the kids they're claiming to protect, whatever. As long as they get TV spots, headlines, and checks, they'll say they've done their part.
Don't let them get away with it.
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10/ These are just a few of KOSA's many, many problems. But they should convey just how dangerous this bill is, and just how far legislators are willing to throw constitutional rights under the bus so they can say that they "held Big Tech accountable."
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8/ Third, and finally: Allowing state attorneys general to enforce KOSA is a recipe for censorship. State AGs *already* use whatever tools they have to go after speech they dislike. Giving them this vague, powerful weapon to attack online content is grossly irresponsible.
Take just two EXTREMELY predictable examples of how this plays out.
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1/ Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee will mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), after it failed last year. Revisions were made, but they are lipstick on a pig.
Today, I explained to the committee why the bill is STILL a First Amendment trainwreck that threatens kids AND free expression.
https://techfreedom.org/kosa-still-poses-a-grave-threat-to-first-amendment-rights/
Freak out! Down with the censorship! Oppose the censorship!
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on #KOSA tomorrow and I need everyone to freak the fuck out now please https://fair.org/home/these-bills-wi...
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
